Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-25

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sHEpnERosroWM WEST VIRGINIA.
Friday, February Is, 1857.
AN effort will be made to pass the de-
pendent pension bill over the Presi-
dents veto. There surely ought to be
enough sensible men In Congress to pre-
vent this.
TO hear the candidates before election
one would think that they were going
to perform mighty wonders OF good in
the Legislature. Now that the session
Is ended, what is there to show for the
time and money expended?
The President has not yet appoin ted
any of the Interstate Commissioners,
notwithstanding there are hundreds of
applicants for the places. The President
Is very hard to please in this matter,
which is good thing for the country.
The anti-caucus men cannot con-
ceive any more horrible thing than that
Republican should vote for Mr.. Cam
den. In our opinion a good Republic
can is a great deal better than bad
Democrat, and his vote is fully as de-
sirable.
HON. D. B. LUCAS still sndeavors TO
enthuse his hearers by talking of "Jef-
fersonian Democracy" 1t sounds very
fine, too, but we are Of the opinion that
the less Mr.. Lucas says about DemOc-
racy the less his hearers will elevate
their noses.
ton was that the Republicans were ex-
pected to break ranks some time OH
Thursday, when enough of them would
vote for Mr.. Camden to elect him. The
break had not been made up to the hour
of our going to press.
A FEW Of the newspapers in the State
pride themselves on the yarn and adj
vertise il literally that they have been
offered money to use their influence for
Mr.. Camden. We are confident that
several Of them would not sell their in
fuence-for they haven't any.
The House of Representatives and the
Senate are agreed that new guns and
Notifications are needed to place this
country in a proper state Of defense
But the Senate is extravagant and the
House parsimonious. and they seem to
be unable to strike the happy medium
that common sense dictates.
The Wall street men have made 9
proposition to the Legislature in regard
to the so-called West Virginia certifi.
Gates. A safe rule to observe in this
connection is this: Beware of Wall
street sharks in whatever guise they
come. II we owe anything to Old Vir-
GINA, let US settle the debt with Old
Virginia. Don't have anything to do
with spectators.
ACCORDING to law, the session of the
West Virginia Legislature ends on Fri
day, the 25th. A vast amount of nee
essary legislation will be left undone
for lack of time. The session of the
Legislature should be sixty days. At
present, by the time the houses have
organized and the committees have ac-
somplished their work, the session is
ended and there is very little to show
for it.
IT Is quite wonder that the enor.
nous number Of influential" and
prominent" and "reliable" and "well.
known" gentlemen from the various
counties OF the State, who are writing
to the Charlestown Democrat and telling
how unanimously 1.-THE people" are
against Mr.. Camden, did not succeed in
electing more than twelve members vi
the Legislature last fall. They seem to
be much better on the talk than thew
were on the vote.
The people Of this State will have, as
they should have, an opportunity to ex-
press their sentiments on the question
Of prohibition. They will vote for or
against the prohibition amendment at
the next general election. While we
certainly think 1t is right to submit the
amendment, we are not sure that the
amendment is the best thing for the ac-
eomplishment Of the desired end. 1t is
aquestion well worthy of discussion,
and we offer the columns of the REGIS
TER to these who may wish to discuss
the matter from all standpoints.
CONGRESSMAN GIBSON, of this State,
had quite row with the officials of the
Postoffice Department in Washington
the other day. He wanted one of his
constituents, Democrat, promoted.
Mr.. Smith, q Republican, who has